Pingelapish language

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Pingelapish

Spoken in

Micronesia ( Pingelap )
speaker about 3000
Linguistic
classification

Austronesian

Language codes
ISO 639-3

pif

The Pingelapian language is a Micronesian language spoken in Micronesia . The language has around 3000 speakers and is spoken not only on Pingelap , but also on Pohnpei , where the majority of Pingelap speakers live. In Micronesia there are three other official languages ​​besides Pingelapish and English. According to Ethnologue , the language is "vigorous", meaning strong.

In the Pingelapian language, both reduplication and triplication are used. The language is written with the Latin script .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ethnologue report for language code. pif. Ethnologue - Languages ​​of the World. Retrieved August 25, 2012.